Studded leather garment easy to repair damaged studs

ABSTRACT

A studded leather garment is provided. The studded leather garment according to current application comprises of; 1) leather garment, including but not limited to, coat, jacket, skirts, belts, and pants, etc., which has inner lining, 2) pluralities of studs made of, including but not limited to, stainless steel, aluminum, and plastic, etc., 3) and hidden zippers on the inner lining. The studded leather garment according to the current application enables easy repair of the damaged studs without removing thread of stitching on the inner lining and sewing again.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

Current application relates to a studded leather garment which has innerlining, especially to a leather garment easy to repair damaged studs dueto hidden zipper installed on the inner lining.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Studded leather garment of jacket, skirt and pants are one of the “Punk”fashion, which started from 1970's in U.S and U.K. Spike bands and otherstudded or spiked jewelry; safety pins, and silver bracelets were wornby both men and women. Leather, rubber and vinyl clothing have beencommon. Even these days punk fashion were common on both sides of theAtlantic Ocean and studded, customized leather jackets or denim vestsbecame more popular. However, due to the complex stud's structure ongarments most of the studded garments are made by hand of the ownerusing leather or denim garment of her/his own. Otherwise, productioncost is very expensive because of the hand job. One of the method ofstudding a garment, in most cases leather, comprises three steps of 1)mark the place, with a marker pen, where the studs are located on thegarment, 2) make holes penetrating the garment on the marked spot with anail and hammering, and 3) assemble the male part, which usually locatesinner hidden surface of the garment, and female part, which usuallylocates outer surface of the garment, of the stud. The other method isto use a diamond shape stud which has two sharp edged legs. The methodof studding are similar to the previous method. Mark positions where thestuds are to be located. Puncture the leather garment and push the sharpedged legs. The legs are folded on the opposite surface of the studs. Inboth cases the opposite surface of the studs, mostly metal parts andsome of them are sharp edged, would touch and may hurt the skin ofwearer or inner wears. So, most of studded garment attach inner liningsto protect the wearer's skin and inner wear. However, this kind of innerlining makes it difficult when some studs on the garment is damaged orlost. Because all the threads of the inner lining should be removed andre-sewing the lining to repair the studs. It is purpose of the currentapplication to provide a studded garment easy to repair the damaged/loststuds without removing thread of stitching on the linings and sewingagain.

DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR ARTS

U.S. D727, 885 to Requea discloses an attachable studded jacket formobile phone.

U.S. D696, 513 to Louboutin discloses a studded card case.

YouTube at the internet addresshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyWbMsqpeGk discloses a method ofstudding a leather jacket with studs. The studs used is comprised offemale part and male part. Usually female part is conical shape metalpiece having female screw inside developed from the bottom and male partis flat headed screw bolt. A groove for screw driver is developed on thehead. The method of studding a leather jacket comprises three stepsof 1) mark the position, with a marker pen, where the studs are locatedon the leather jacket, 2) make holes penetrating the leather jacket onthe marked spot with a nail and hammering, and 3) assemble the malepart, which usually locates inner hidden surface of the garment, andfemale part, which usually locates outer surface of the garment, of thestud and tighten the male part with screw driver.

YouTube at the internet addresses ofhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDCUrmHt-kk andhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNbhwF31cMY illustrates a method ofstudding a leather jacket with diamond shape studs. The method ofstudding are similar to the previous method. Mark positions where thestuds are to be located. Puncture the leather garment and push the sharpedged legs. The legs come out on the opposite side of the studs arefolded.

In both cases the opposite surface of the studs, in case of metal parts,make the wearer feel cold when the parts touch the wearer's skin. Andsome of them are sharp edged, would hurt the skin of the wearer or innerwears. So, most of studded garment attach inner linings to protect thewearer's skin and inner wear. However, this kind of inner lining makesit difficult when some stud on the garment is damaged or lost. Becausepart of the threads of stitching on the inner lining should be removedand re-stitched to repair the studs.

It is purpose of the current application to provide a studded garmenteasy to repair the damaged/lost studs without removing thread of thelinings and sewing again.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Studded leather garment of jacket, skirt and pants are one of the “Punk”fashion, which started from 1970's in U.S and U.K. Spike bands and otherstudded or spiked jewelry were worn by both men and women. Leather,rubber and vinyl clothing have been common. Even these days punk fashionwere common on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and studded, customizedleather jackets or denim vests became more popular. However, due to thecomplex stud's structure on garments most of the studded garments aremade by hand of the owner using leather or denim garment of her/his own.Otherwise, production cost is very expensive because of the hand job.One of the method of studding a garment, in most cases leather,comprises three steps of 1) mark the place, with a marker pen, where thestuds are located on the garment, 2) make holes penetrating the garmenton the marked spot with a nail and hammering, and 3) assemble the malepart, which usually locates inner hidden surface of the garment, andfemale part, which usually locates outer surface of the garment, of thestud. The other method is to use a diamond shape stud which has twosharp edged legs. The method of studding are similar to the previousmethod. Mark positions where the studs are to be located. Puncture theleather garment and push the sharp edged legs. The legs are folded onthe opposite surface of the studs. In both cases the opposite surface ofthe studs, mostly metal parts and some of them are sharp edged, wouldtouch and may hurt the skin of wearer or inner wears. So, most ofstudded garment attach inner linings to protect the wearer's skin andinner wear. However, this kind of inner lining makes it difficult whensome studs on the garment is damaged or lost. Because all the threads ofthe inner lining should be removed and re-sewing the lining to repairthe studs. It is purpose of the current application to provide a studdedgarment easy to repair the damaged/lost studs without removing thread ofstitching on the linings and sewing again. A studded leather garment isprovided. The studded leather garment according to current applicationcomprises of; 1) leather garment, including but not limited to, coat,jacket, skirts, belts, and pants, etc., which has inner lining, 2)pluralities of studs made of, including but not limited to, stainlesssteel, aluminum, and plastic, etc., 3) and hidden zippers on the innerlining. The studded leather garment according to the current applicationenables easy repair of the damaged studs without removing thread ofstitching on the inner lining and sewing again.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a typical studded ladies leather jacket available on themarket.

FIG. 2 is a perspective drawing of conical shape stud.

FIG. 3 is a schematic drawing of cross sectional view of the conicalshape stud studded on a leather jacket of prior art.

FIG. 4 is a perspective drawing of diamond shape stud with two sharpedged legs.

FIG. 5 is a schematic drawing of cross sectional view of the diamondshape stud studded on a leather jacket of prior art.

FIG. 6 is a schematic drawing of cross sectional view of the diamondshape stud studded on a leather jacket with inner lining of prior art.

FIG. 7 is a schematic drawing of a studded leather jacket with innerlining of prior art seen from inside of the jacket.

FIG. 8 is a schematic drawing of a studded leather jacket with innerlining according to current application seen from inside of the jacket.

FIG. 9 is a perspective drawing of the studded leather jacket accordingto current application reversed inside-out.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Following descriptions of a stud jacket explains the key features of thecurrent invention. FIG. 1 is a typical studded ladies leather jacket (1)available on the market. Most popular studded jacket available on themarket these days are decorated with conical shape stud (2) and diamondshape stud (3). FIG. 2 is a perspective drawing of conical shape stud(2). The conical shape stud (2) comprises of a male part (2-1) and afemale part (2-2). Method of studding a leather jacket with the conicalshape stud (2) comprises three steps of 1) marking the place, with amarker pen, where the studs are located on the garment, 2) making holespenetrating the garment on the marked spot with a nail and hammering,and 3) assemble the male part (2-1), which usually locates inner hiddensurface of the garment, and female part (2-2), which usually locatesouter surface of the garment, of the stud. Usually female part (2-2) isconical shape metal piece having female screw (2-3) inside developedfrom the bottom and male part (2-1) is flat headed male screw bolt(2-4). A groove (2-5) for screw driver is developed on the head.

FIG. 3 is a schematic drawing of cross sectional view of the conicalshape stud (2) studded on a leather jacket (1) of prior art. The femalepart (2-2) of the conical shape stud (2) locates outer surface (4),usually decorating surface of the leather jacket (1). The male part(2-1) locates inner surface (5) of the leather jacket (1).

Since the male part (2-1) of the conical shape stud (2) locates inside(5) of the jacket (1), as shown in the FIG. 3, the male part (2-1) faceswearer's body. When the wearer wears inner wear, such as shirts, themale part (2-1) will touch the inner wear. If the groove (2-5) for screwdriver of the male part (2-1) has some sharp cut edge, the groove (2-5)may damage the inner wear. And when the sharp cut edged groove (2-5)touches the wearer's skin, it hurts the wearer. To avoid this situationthe conical shape studs (2) are fabricated with finish touching. So, theprice of such finish touched conical shape studs (2) are expensiveespecially when they are made of stainless steel.

Such damages by studs may be more serious with diamond shape studs (3)with sharp edged legs (3-1). FIG. 5 is a schematic drawing of crosssectional view of the diamond shape stud (3) with two sharp edged legs(3-1) studded on a leather jacket (1).

FIG. 4 is a perspective drawing of diamond shape stud (3). The diamondshape stud (3) has two sharp edged legs (3-1). Method of studding ajacket with the diamond shape stud (3) is similar to the previous methodof studding with conical shape studs (2). Mark positions where the studsare to be located. Puncture the leather garment and push the sharp edgedlegs (3-1). The legs (3-1) come out on the opposite side of the diamondshape studs (3) are folded. FIG. 5 is a schematic drawing of crosssectional view of the diamond shape stud (3) studded on a leather jacket(1) of prior art. The diamond shaped side (3-2) of the diamond shapestud (3) locates outer surface (4), usually decorating surface of theleather jacket (1). The sharp edged legs (3-1) locates inner surface (5)of the leather jacket (1).

Since the sharp edged legs (3-1) of the diamond shape stud (3) locatesinside (5) of the jacket (1), as shown in the FIG. 5, the sharp edgedlegs (3-1) faces wearer's body. When the wearer wears inner wear, suchas shirts, the sharp edged legs (3-1) will touch the inner wear. If thesharp edged legs (3-1) are stretched, the sharp edge (3-2) will damagethe inner wear. And when the sharp edge (3-2) touches the wearer's skin,it hurts the wearer.

In any case of the prior art, when the fixing parts, male part (2-1) ofthe conical shape stud (2) and sharp edged leg (3-1) of the diamondshape stud (3), may touch the wearer's skin or damage the inner wear ofthe wearer. Then it makes the wearer uncomfortable. To avoid such anunpleasant situation, one layer of inner lining (6) is added on theinner surface of the studded leather jacket to cover the male part (2-1)of the conical shape stud (2) and sharp edged leg (3-1) of the diamondshape stud (3). FIG. 6 is a schematic drawing of cross sectional view ofthe diamond shape stud (3) studded on a leather jacket (1) and coveredwith an inner lining (6) of prior art. Like many others the inner lining(6) is stitched (7) to the leather jacket (1) from inside to cover thesharp edged legs (3-1) of the diamond shape stud (3). Similar drawingscan be created for the conical shape stud (2) too.

Whenever a wearer wears a studded jacket (1) and moves; wearing thejacket (1), putting off the jacket (1), swing and folding arms whilewalking, bending the body, etc., the leather of the jacket (1) stretchesand shrinks repeatedly. Then the screw (2-4) of the male part (2-1) ofthe conical shape stud (2) is loosen and fall out from the female screw(2-3) of the female part (2-3). In case of diamond shape stud (3), thesharp edged legs (3-1) fall out of the hole on the leather skin. But,the problem is repairing the damaged/lost studs. FIG. 7 is the schematicdrawing of stitched (7) inner linings (6) of the prior arts seen frominside of a leather jacket (1). As shown the FIG. 7, the threads of thestitched (7) lines should be removed to repair damaged or lost studs(2), (3) wherever the studs located. After repair the inner ling (6)should be stitched again to recover the original ornamentality.Especially when the studs (2), (3) are decorated on the arms/sleeves, itis very tedious job to reverse the arms/sleeves, remove threads ofstitches and stitching again.

To avoid such tedious and costing job, hidden zippers (8) are installedon the inner lining (6′). FIG. 8 is a schematic drawing of a studdedleather jacket (1′) with inner lining (6′) according to currentapplication seen from inside of the jacket (1′). Like most of thejacket, the inner lining (6′) for a studded leather jacket (1′) of thecurrent application is stitched (7) to inner leather skin (9) around thebrim of the jacket (1′) and arm portions (10) only. Therefore, thezippers (11) installed on left side (12) and right side (13) stitchlines of the

allow a repairer's hand (14) access to the damaged stud's point (15)easily. Likewise, another zippers (11′) are installed on the inner sideof both arm's inner lining (6′). Third zipper (11″) is optionallyinstalled on the folding portion of the collar (16) if the collar isalso decorated with studs (2), (3). FIG. 9 is a schematic drawing of thestudded leather jacket (1′) according to current application reversedinside-out.

The hidden zippers (11), (11′), (11″) installed on the inner lining (6),(6′) of the studded leather jacket according to current application,enables the owner of the jacket repair the damaged/lost stud withouthanding over his/her studded jacket of favorite to a professionalalteration shop.

Application to other garments such as coat, pants, skirts, etc., is notlimited by the above example.

What is claimed is:
 1. A studded leather garment comprises of; a leathergarment, which has inner lining; pluralities of studs on the outersurface of the garment; and hidden zippers on the inner lining.
 2. Astudded leather garment of the claim 1, wherein the inner lining is armportion inner lining.
 3. A studded leather garment of the claim 1,wherein the inner lining is front panel inner lining.
 4. A studdedleather garment of the claim 1, wherein the garment is jacket.
 5. Astudded leather garment of the claim 1, wherein the garment is coat. 6.A studded leather garment of the claim 1, wherein the garment is skirt.7. A studded leather garment of the claim 1, wherein the garment ispants.
 8. A studded leather garment of the claim 1, wherein the garmentis belt.
 9. A studded leather garment of the claim 1, wherein the studis made of stainless steel.
 10. A studded leather garment of the claim1, wherein the stud is made of aluminum.
 11. A studded leather garmentof the claim 1, wherein the stud is made of plastic.